This role is designed for a seasoned Product Manager with at least 8 years of experience, specifically someone who has spent significant time in the trenches of
Work type: onsite
Location: San Francisco, CA | Los Angeles, CA | New York, NY | Seattle, WA
Salary: $240,000 – $275,000/yr
Type: Full-time
This role is designed for a seasoned Product Manager with at least 8 years of experience, specifically someone who has spent significant time in the trenches of live video infrastructure. The ideal candidate isn't just a technical lead; they are a bridge between complex backend systems (encoding, latency, and playback) and the high-energy consumer experience of live auctions. You should be comfortable leading strategy for a core platform that powers thousands of simultaneous broadcasts. At a base salary of **$240k–$275k plus equity**, this is a high-impact, senior-level position at one of the fastest-growing marketplaces in the world. While the team is "remote co-located," you must live within commuting distance of their **SF, LA, NYC, or Seattle** hubs. The benefits package is exceptionally robust, featuring a 4% 401k match, a dogfooding budget (to buy items on the app), and a month-long gradual return-to-work policy for new parents. **You might be a good fit if you:** * Have 2+ years of hands-on experience building livestreaming or interactive video products. * Understand the technical trade-offs of low-latency video and real-time concurrency. * Enjoy "dogfooding" the products you build—actually using the app as both a buyer and seller. * Thrive in high-growth environments where you own the roadmap from infrastructure to UX.
## 🚀 Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot!
Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. Whether it's trading cards, fashion, electronics, or live plants, our sellers are building real businesses across hundreds of categories. We're building live commerce at a scale that's never been done in the West, and there's no playbook to copy. The people here are shaping how an entirely new industry develops.
As a remote co-located team, we're inspired by our [values](https://www.whatnot.com/careers) and anchored in hubs across the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, Germany, and Australia. We move fast, stay close to our users, and focus on the work that drives the most impact.
We're one of the [fastest growing marketplaces](https://a16z.com/marketplace-100/) and were recently named the [#1 Best Startup Employer in America](http://google.com/search?q=%231+forbes+startup+employer&oq=%231+forbes+startup+employer&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRg9MgYIAhBFGD0yBggDEEUYQDIGCAQQRRhAMgYIBRBFGEDSAQg1NzM0ajBqMagCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) by Forbes. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our [news](https://blog.teamwhatnot.com/) and [engineering blogs](https://medium.com/whatnot-engineering) and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce.
# 💻 Role
Whatnot is seeking a Product Manager to lead the strategy, vision, and execution for our core video platform—the engine that powers real-time, commerce-driven livestreaming. As the most senior IC PM for video, you’ll own the infrastructure, UX, and developer surface area that enables thousands of sellers to go live, millions of users to watch, and seamless transactions to happen in real time.
You will partner closely with engineering, design, infra, and seller-facing teams to scale our low-latency video systems, evolve our broadcast and viewing experience, and enable new formats. Your work will shape the future of livestream and video based shopping. You will:
## 👋 You
For US-based applicants:$240,000/year to $275,000/year + benefits + equity.
The salary range may be inclusive of several levels that would be applicable to the position. Final salary will be based on a number of factors including, level, relevant prior experience, skills and expertise. This range is only inclusive of base salary, not benefits (more details below) or equity.
## 🎁 Benefits
## 💛 EOE
Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law. We believe that our work is better and our company culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce.